Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)

Name: HAGUE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1891-1901
Nature: New cathedral, for Dr Patrick O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe. Tenders invited Sep 1890. Begun Sep 1891; opened 16 May 1901. Mountcharles freestone. Builder: McClay, Strabane. Completed under supervision of T.F. McNamara.
Refs: Irish Times, 1,8,10 Sep 1890,24 Jan 1899; IB 33, 1 Jun 1891, 130; 39, 15 Jun 1897, 106; 43, 6 Jun 1901, 754; B 81, 6 Jul 1901, 16; Architect 44, 31 Oct 1890, suppl.p.7; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342-3; Feargal Tomas Harron, 'William Hague FRIAI: an architectural appraisal', Breifne VIII, no. 32 (1996), 713-717(illus.)

Name: MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1891-1901
Nature: Designed by William Hague & completed under supervision of T.F. McNamara. Contractor: McClay, Strabane.
Refs: Obituary of TFMcN in IB 89, 11 Jan 1947, 10; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342

Name: PURDY & MILLARD *
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1901a
Nature: Carving inside great arch of nave, perhaps carried out by Daniel Gilliland.
Refs: IB 44, 13 Jan 1902, 1021; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 342; Paul Larmour, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland (1992), 128(illus.)

Name: CHILD, ALFRED ERNEST *
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1911
Nature: 2-light window (SS Finian & Mobhi) attr.
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 42

Name: JONES, FRANCIS WILLIAM DOYLE *#
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1927
Nature: Statue of Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell.
Refs: Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1st edition, 1996), 147.

Name: CLARKE, HARRY *
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: 1929
Nature: 10 decorative clerestory windows
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 42

Name: KING, RICHARD JOSEPH *
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Stained glass.
Refs: Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1996), 244

Name: PEARSE, JAMES, & SONS *
Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, CATHEDRAL OF ST EUNAN (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Pulpit and altar rail by 'Pearse & Co'.
Refs: Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 343